Fresh Air with Terry Gross, September 25, 2012: Interview with Mindy Kaling; Review of The Analog Players Society's album 'Hurricane Season in Brooklyn'; Review of Charles Rowan Beye's memoir 'My Husband and My Wives: A Gay Man's Odyssey.'

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(1.) Actress, comedian, writer MINDY KALING (KAY-lin). She's best known for her work as a writer and cast member of NBC's The Office. She's the creator and star of the new FOX TV show The Mindy Project (premiering Tuesday Sept 25 at 9:30 PM). She plays a single obstetrician/gynecologist whose personal life is a mess, and who struggles to do the right thing at work. She's also the author the bestselling book Is Everyone Hanging out Without Me? (Three Rivers Press). (THIS INTERVIEW CONTINUES INTO THE SECOND HALF OF THE SHOW). (2.) Music critic MILO MILES reviews Hurricane Season in Brooklyn the new album by The Analog Players Society, a group of session musicians in Brooklyn. (3.) Book critic MAUREEN CORRIGAN review the memoir "My Husband and My Wives: A Gay Man's Odyssey," by Charles Rowan Beye.